Shoe worn by the racehorse Bob Back.

Shoe worn by the racehorse Bob Back,
mounted on a wooden plaque with easel support and set an engraved metal plaque, 20 by 15cm.

Provenance: The Ray Goddard Collection (lots 97 to 178). For further information on Ray Goddard and the collection see lot 144.

Bob Back was an American-bred brown colt foaled in 1981 by Roberto out of Toter Back (Carry Back). He was owned by Antonio Balzarini who shipped the colt to Newmarket to be trained by Michael Jarvis.

Bob Back recorded six career victories including the Premio Tevere, the Select Stakes, the Premio Presidente della Repubblica and the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot.

At stud Bob Back produced the St Leger winner Bob’s Return but became a bigger influence as a NH stallion. Famous progeny would include Bobs Worth, Back In Front, Bacchanal and many others.